Multinational Agribusinesses

• About the Editor
  
• Contributors
  
• Acknowledgments
  
• Introduction (Ruth Rama)
  
• Chapter 1. The Rise of Global Enterprises in the World’s Food Chain (Selma Tozanli)
  
• Introduction
  
• A Dichotomous Globalization Process
  
• Sectoral Globalization: Refocusing on Core Business Activities
  
• The Changing Structure of the World’s Food Oligopoly
  
• Concluding Remarks
  
• Appendix
  
• Chapter 2. The Performance of Multinational Agribusinesses: Effects of Product and Geographical Diversification (George Anastassopoulos and Ruth Rama)
  
• Introduction
  
• Theoretical Background
  
• Diversification, Size, and Rate of Growth
  
• Economic Specifications
  
• Concluding Remarks
  
• Appendix
  
• Chapter 3. Innovation in Food and Beverage Multinationals (Oscar Alfranca, Ruth Rama, and Nicholas von Tunzelmann)
  
• Introduction
  
• Patented Innovation in Food and Beverage Multinationals
  
• The Globalization of Innovative Activities
  
• Innovators and Their Strategies
  
• Concluding Remarks
  
• Appendix
  
• Chapter 4. Foreign Direct Investment in U.S. Food and Kindred Products (Daniel Pick and Thomas Worth)
  
• Introduction
  
• Recent Trends in FDI
  
• What Is Foreign Direct Investment and Why?
  
• Determinants of FDI
  
• Future Research
  
• Chapter 5. Multinational Food Corporations and Trade: The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Trade in the U.S. Food Industry (Andrew P. Barkley)
  
• Introduction
  
• Previous Literature
  
• An Empirical Model of the Impact of FDI on International Trade
  
• Data
  
• Regression Results
  
• Implications and Conclusions
  
• Chapter 6. External versus Internal Markets of the Multinational Enterprise: Intrafirm Trade in French Multinational Agribusiness (Emmanuelle Chevassus-Lozza, Jacques Gallezot, and Danielle Galliano)
  
• The Foundations of Intrafirm Trade
  
• Intrafirm Trade in French Agrofood Foreign Trade
  
• The Determinants of Intrafirm Trade in the French Agrofood Industry: Model and Results
  
• Conclusions
  
• Chapter 7. The Internationalization Paths of Australian and New Zealand Food MNEs (Bill Pritchard)
  
• Introduction
  
• Existing Research on Firm Internationalization
  
• The History and Political Economy of Antipodean Food Sectors
  
• Australia/New Zealand As a Base for Global Branded Food Companies: The Foster’s Group
  
• Using Australia/New Zealand As a Regional Base: Coca-Cola Amatil
  
• Leveraging Competitive Advantage: The Fonterra Story
  
• Conclusions
  
• Chapter 8. Regionalization, Globalization, and Multinational Agribusiness: A Comparative Perspective from Southeast Asia (David Burch and Jasper Goss)
  
• Introduction
  
• Approaches to the Study of TWMNEs
  
• Agrofood Multinational Companies in Asia: Unwieldy Giants or Nimble Opportunists?
  
• The Charoen Pokphand Group
  
• The Salim Group
  
• Southeast Asian Agrofood Multinationals: A Comparative Analysis
  
• Conclusions
  
• Chapter 9. Multinational Firms in the Brazilian Food Industry (Elizabeth Farina and Cláudia Viegas)
  
• Introduction
  
• General Overview of Foreign Direct Investments in Brazil and Latin America
  
• M&A: Main Strategy of Entry into the Brazilian Market
  
• The Brazilian Food Market As the Main Attraction for FDI
  
• Impacts on the Food Industry of Brazil
  
• Conclusions
  
• Appendix
  
• Index
  
• Reference Notes Included
  

Biography

Ruth Rama